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Solution and crystal structures of a sugar binding site mutant of cyanovirin-N: no evidence of domain swapping.
Structure (London, England : 1993) - 6 Aug 2008
Matei Elena, Furey William, Gronenborn Angela M
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The cyanobacterial lectin Cyanovirin-N (CV-N) exhibits antiviral activity against HIV at a low nanomolar concentration by interacting with high-mannose oligosaccharides on the virus surface envelope glycoprotein gp120. Atomic structures of wild-type CV-N revealed a monomer in solution and a domain-swapped dimer in the crystal, with the monomer comprising two independent carbohydrate binding sites that...
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